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Friday, June 20, 2014

Friday Art Gallery III

So this week I decided to
jump back into the present and have a look at this fresh new art for the D&D
5th Edition Starter Set. It depicts a band of goblins on a bluff
looking down at a party of three around their campfire. The goblins are
obviously up to no good and you can almost smell the combat coming.

I love the
fact that the artist (if anyone can find out who the artist is, please let me
know) has given the goblins for 5th a distinct new look that I believe
put them much closer to the Orc family than previous depictions. I’m also very happy that each
goblin has its own distinctive role in the band. One can surmise that going
from left to right there is a scout, a leader, a rogue, I believe the two with
the spears might be barbarians , and a warrior. (What two with spears you might ask? Well take a closer look up in the
branches of the trees.) The only thing I can think of that is missing would be
a shaman but perhaps the DM is saving him/her for another encounter ;)

Overall, I’m quite happy with
the direction of this new art. It reminds me a bit of Todd Lockwood’s work of
which I’m a really big fan. What do you
think?

1 comment:

Much, much better than Pathfinder's depiction of goblins. They now actually -look- like goblins, instead of hairless green 'Critters' (from the movie of the same name) with hilariously disproportionate bodies. I approve :D